# Incident 20180422003989I: Bellanca 17-31A, Spokane, WA, April 22, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8868V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8868V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-31A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 130 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180422003989I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME, NORMAL LANDING ENSUED, FOLLOWED BY: HARD LEFT UNCOMMANDED DEVIATION FROM RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  PILOT ATTEMPTED MAXIMUM CORRECTION TO THE RIGHT WITH RUDDER/STEERING CONTROLS TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT TRACKING ON THE RUNWAY. THESE INPUTS DID NOT CORRECT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL . AIRCRAFT VEERED FURTHER LEFT AND CONTACTED TAXIWAY SIGN AT CENTER TAXIWAY . NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO SHARP LEFT TURNING MOTION AND LEFT HAND SKID ON ALL THREE LANDING GEAR, AS SHOWN BY MARKS ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN CORRECTING FOR A SLIGHT RIGHT CROSSWIND,WITH MINIMAL LEFT RUDDER USAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY AND IMMEDIATELY VEERED "HARD LEFT" OFF OF THE RUNWAY,COLLAPSING THE NOSEGEAR IN THE SOFT SOD.

## Other reports on N8868V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000728035729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000728035729I), Jul 28, 2000: Blanca 1731A (N8868V), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. (-23)Landing gear would not extend normally, on emergency extension, nose gear did not lock down and collapsed on landing roll out. Prop strike on runway. A/c…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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